2005 Origins Award winners announced

The 2005 Origins Awards winners are announced, now that those in attendance have had time to sleep off the revelry. Items of note: among the winners were Artesia for Best RPG, GURPS Infinite Worlds for Best RPG Supplement, Gloom for Best Traditional Card Game, and Warmachine: Apotheosis for Game of the Year. The Ravnica: City of Guilds expansion for Magic: The Gathering got the nod for Best Collectible Card Game or Expansion, and Miniatures of the Year went to Wargods of Aegyptus. Midnight Syndicate also got some recognition for their great work, as The 13th Hour Roleplaying Soundtrack won Game Accessory of the Year. The entire winner list is copied below. [EDIT: And now the news of Hall of Fame inductees has come in as well. You can’t tell from the Origins website, though.]Origins Awards press release follows:

32nd Annual Awards press release

The Annual Origins Awards Presentation for the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design recognizes the gaming industry’s top achievements and products released during 2005.

The Academy presents three groups of awards each year:

The Origins Awards

The Origins Vanguard Awards

The Gamer’s Choice Awards (voted by the gaming public)

The 32nd Annual Origins Awards winners are:

2005 Game of the Year WARMACHINE: Apotheosis (Privateer Press, LLC)

Board Game of the Year Parthenon: Rise of the Aegean
(Siren Bridge Publishing, Inc. & Z-Man Games, Inc)

Collectable Card Game or Expansion of the Year Ravnica: City of Guilds expansion for Magic: The Gathering
(Wizards of the Coast)

About the Awards and the Academy
The Origins Awards are administered by the Academy of Adventure Game Art & Design.

The Academy – consisting of members of the game development community – pares down a broad selection of the year’s best products and then votes for to determine the best product from a broad variety of catagories.

For more infomation on the Academy including past Origins Awards winners and the Academy Hall of Fame, visit the Academy Web site.